CEMCO Inc., Belen, New Mexico, has introduced a portable industrial tile recycling plant that has been designed to crush stockpiles of unused tile into a fine product.
According to CEMCO, the entire system, which is mounted on a custom trailer for convenient hauling, can be fully operational within an hour of arriving at a job site. CEMCO works closely with companies to customize plant designs to suit a variety of material recycling applications.
CEMCO designed its Portable Industrial Tile Recycling Plant around its Turbo 54 VSI Crusher, a vertical shaft impact crusher capable of processing a variety of aggregates and industrial minerals. The Turbo 54 handles material as large as 2 inches and uses centrifugal force with stationary anvils to crush it along natural stress lines into a uniform, cubical, high-quality product. The crusher features a single-drive motor with input horsepower capabilities up to 250 hp.
The closed-circuit plant includes a primary crusher, dust collection system, triple deck incline vibratory screen and vibratory feeder. A 500-kilowatt generator powers the equipment for ultimate location flexibility.
“This plant is absolutely one-of-a-kind. A customer approached us looking for a portable option for tile recycling,: says Jennifer Hise, CEMCO vice president. “By adapting the plant’s components to fit on the relatively compact surface of a single trailer, we eliminated the need to transport the equipment separately and reconfigure the plant at each site. This saves time and money, and it’s a concept we adjust and adapt to suit other companies needing portable solutions for industrial recycling.”
The plant is mounted on a custom 65-foot, 98,000-pound quad-axle trailer with self-leveling hydraulic jacks for easy setup. CEMCO designed and built the trailer to meet Department of Transportation specifications. The plant is 12 feet wide with a transport height of 14 feet 11 inches.
Designed for a single product output, the plant crushes tiles to as fine as 20 mesh, which allows operations to reintroduce the material to the product stream, rather than bringing the material to the landfill at an average cost of $24 per ton.
The plant runs with a 50- to 75-ton-per-hour (tph) feed rate and a 30-tph output at 6 mesh. The plant can crush as fine as 20 mesh, but at a somewhat slower output rate. Changing screen sizes expands the plant’s capabilities to crush other industrial materials or aggregates.
CEMCO adds that its new tile recycling plant has been built to meet all OSHA and MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) safety standards.